It is available in both single issues and in collected volumes at better comic stores, Comixology , and Amazon. The tenth collection comes out in September. As of this writing, season two has just ended, so this is a great time to jump on. Tara Marie Published: August 29, Five issues. Four issues. Three, even. The life expectancy of a creator-owned indie comic book, it seems, has never been lower. The rarity of an indie comic, especially an indie comic not published by Image, was highlighted by a tweet from Vault Comics Editor-in-Chief Adrian F.
Wassel , who discussed the risk of a issue run while marketing that book. As an indie pub, we committed to a 12 issue run before the trade. It's also downright excellent. I want to take more risks like this. I want to give creators the room to experiment, to breathe, to be formally daring, and, frankly, to not have to pay for it themselves.
I want to reward fans with those experiences. If you do, too, share this far and wide. Nothing shows how far a long-running indie comic is for the norm than an Editor-in-Chief of a relatively successful comics publisher spelling out how risky such acquisition is.
It is understandable, though. The comics market is in a period of transition, where graphic novels from traditional publishers are doing well. Still, the direct market seems, at best, in flux and, at worst, in the midst of an existential crisis that has been going on for years. It may not be possible for more indie publishers to take on the risk of twelve-issue deals considering the state of things, but comics readers should be aware of what they're losing as four-issue runs become more and more standard.
There are four series — three, in the grand scheme of things, recent series — that may not have been greenlit today, that represent, to me, the importance of long-running indie comics. Long before he became a Marvel mainstay known for The Amazing Spider-Man and a controversial run on Captain America , Nick Spencer was an indie comic darling making significant waves with his multiple Image Comics series between and The colorings really glowed off the pages and it made the characters look so fluid.
I really loved the school uniforms that the students had to wear as it really brought out a unique spin on academy focused stories and it brought a more authoritative air to the story. What made me feel uncomfortable about this story: One of the main problems I had with this graphic novel was that the pacing for the second half of the story started slowing down as some of the heavy dialogues started becoming more apparent.
I often found myself getting bored with the heavy dialogues of the teachers as it really slowed the pace down and it threw the story into another direction that was different from the main story. Another problem I had with the story was that the plot tended to jump all over the place such as one moment, we are in the present day and then the next moment, we have a flashback from one of the characters.
It made me wonder sometimes about what was really happening in the story and what did the flashbacks have to do with the main story at hand. Also, for anyone who does not like strong language or violence, this volume has plenty of language and scenes of characters getting murdered in bloody and graphic ways, so it might be best to skim over these scenes if they are too squeamish for you.
Review is also on: Rabbit Ears Book Blog View all 5 comments. Mar 29, David rated it it was amazing Recommends it for: genius birthday girls, sociopathic teenagers, dismembering ghosts. Shelves: science-fiction , fantasy-contemporary , mystery , fantasy , horror , young-adult , teenagers , graphic-novels-comics-manga , thriller , high-school.
It is hard to describe the plot of Morning Glories since by the end of Volume 1, all it's done is raised a ton of questions and answered none of them. The go-to comparison for this graphic novel series seems to be "Lost," which I was not particularly a fan of, but I can see the similarities: weird mysteries that just keep getting weirder, and sometimes the sneaking suspicion that even the writers don't know where they're going and are just dropping Chekhov's Guns all over the place with the inte It is hard to describe the plot of Morning Glories since by the end of Volume 1, all it's done is raised a ton of questions and answered none of them.
The go-to comparison for this graphic novel series seems to be "Lost," which I was not particularly a fan of, but I can see the similarities: weird mysteries that just keep getting weirder, and sometimes the sneaking suspicion that even the writers don't know where they're going and are just dropping Chekhov's Guns all over the place with the intent of picking them up again later.
But I am definitely continuing the series. The setting is an ultra-exclusive prep school, Morning Glory Academy, which recruits from a very selective population. As the six new students who make up our main character cast list learn when they arrive, one of those criteria is that they were all born on the same day. We quickly learn that Morning Glory Academy is dark, dystopian, and deeply freaking weird, and it goes places neither network television nor your typical YA novel can.
Let's just say there's a lot of casual murder and parents are not immune. I suspect eventually we'll discover that main characters aren't either. At this point, the story seems to be about equally plot and character driven. Our six protagonists range from materialistic boy-crazy vamp to the sociopathic manipulator from the Upper East Side, to the quiet comic book geek, the super-emo farmgirl, the gorgeous blonde science whiz, and the tall, silent samurai-type Japanese kid.
Naturally, we get hints that all of them have secrets and deeper secrets, to be unveiled as the series goes on. The supporting cast is equally interesting: the evil Miss Daramount who has the Evil Sexy Librarian look down perfectly is the chief face of their enemy, but the entire school is full of monsters, human and otherwise.
Complemented by clean, lush artwork, this is definitely a keeper series. By the end of volume one we've been thrown a ton of plot seeds and setting elements and no real clues or rather, too many clues where it's going, but definitely enough interest and investment in the characters to want to find out.
View all 3 comments. Mar 14, Jeannette Nikolova rated it it was ok. The good news is, it doesn't totally suck. The bad news is, it's confusing, weird and not very memorable.
I would not deny that there is a story somewhere there behind all the teenage angst drama and the glorification of the main character based on reasons unknown. The story of Morning Glories is set in a prestige private boarding school where something dark and bloody is going on.
The story is interesting enough to push you to read forward, but ultimately, there is not much satisfaction in it, because none of the important questions are answered. The volume ends on a giant cliffhanger, with no explanation about what happens to any of the characters or why. More so, the characters seem to be more of a moving power for the story than the story itself is, as the two are far away from being linked as of the end of this volume.
And the said characters are such sad cliches that there's no fun in watching them do anything. Exhibit A: A nerd. He who shall fall in love with the main character and will always follow her around. Exhibit B: Emo-goth sad teenager who cries for her boyfriend a lot and always needs saving. Exhibit C: Heroine. She knows all, everyone is after her, they love her and love to hate her. She is always behind every plan and the mastermind behind every escape.
I gave myself a day to mull it over and decide my final verdict. But I don't think I have the patience or desire to keep on reading this series. I'm mildly curious about the main story, but there's so much unnecessary fluff around it, that it kills my interest.
This book is incapable of anticipating the emotions of the reader and of finding original ways to keep the reader's attention. None of the characters acts like a real person would, that's probably one of the main reasons it's hard to care about them. Dec 04, Eli rated it liked it Shelves: , horror , graphic-novels.
Not quite sure how to feel about this one. The plot was slightly intriguing and it was gory, but I don't feel like the plot can possibly be profound or compelling at all from what I have seen so far. But this was enjoyable for a short comic. I can't say for sure if I will continue the series but if I do, it'll be because Casey MC; blonde girl on the cover turned out to be a little badass.
All-A Not quite sure how to feel about this one. All-American female lead. Promiscuious female. Emotionally-troubled, whiney female. Douchey, on-the-verge-of-psychopath male. Nerdy, endearing male. Strong-and-silent, All-American male. Nov 05, Leah rated it it was ok.
So, when I went to the library on Tuesday to vote, I decided to browse the graphic novels for some quick reads. There were a lot of volume 2 through whatever other number, but not that many volume 1s to pick from.
I saw that this had all of the volumes available, so I grabbed the first three. The writing: Honestly, not that great. Had I not grabbed m 2. Had I not grabbed more than one volume of this, I wouldn't have continued to series at all.
It didn't feel like it was going to be for me, and I blame the writing and the characters for that. The characters: So we have six teenagers all with the same birthdays and with very Breakfast Club-esque personalities. We have the geek Hunter , the princess Mary Sue They all felt generic and I didn't give a damn about any one of them. I just couldn't connect to them at all. I know I was supposed to love our heroine, Casey, especially since she guessed quickly that something wasn't right at Morning Glory, while all the other newcomers were these clueless imbeciles, but it just didn't work for me.
There wasn't really any foundation for her knowledge or understanding that made sense or was explained. It felt forced so that the reader knew exactly who to root for. The art: I really liked the artwork in this graphic novel. I loved the colors, and while I didn't care for the writing all that much, the art did bring the story alive.
Overall, had I not taken out Volumes 1 through 3 of Morning Glories, I wouldn't continue this series. I'm not sure I would recommend this series, based on the first Volume alone, but I'm currently writing this while reading the third volume, so I'm just going to say that the writing has gotten better, and while I'm still not a fan of the characters, they're growing on me and so is the plot. Would recommend if you don't have anything else to read at the moment.
Apr 04, Frannie Pan rated it it was amazing Shelves: z , graphic-novels. I don't even now where to start with this one. Is that a good beginning enough?! Six teenagers, three girls and three guys from all over the United States, get accepted in this prestigious prep school in New York.
It'll be the beginning of something new and definitely different, a neat cut from all they were used to before, their path towards knowledge and.. I I don't even now where to start with this one.
I believe the less you know about it, the better you will enjoy it. Go into it blindly and be ready to meet complete madness. You can literally expect anything from this book. Betrayals, murders, physical and meraphorical stabbing in the backs, love interests, friendships, laughters and pain.
It was something else, something different and fun but in a dark and twisted way. FYI, this graphic novel is so unrealistic. And bloody. If you start asking yourself whys and whats and hows, it'll be torture, the unpleasant kind. It is crazy and all over the place, but at the same time it couldn't be any other way and I honestly wouldn't want it any other way.
I should be and I am worried for saying it, but the more twisted the characters were, the more I was digging it. They're smart and cunning and unreliable and that was the pure beauty of it. That's all I can say about it. It's totally my new favorite graphic novel out there in the world. And that's final. This process takes no more than a few hours and we'll send you an email once approved. Publication History Morning Glories is an ongoing creator-owned series written by Nick Spencer, published at Image comics' Shadowline imprint.
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